Laundry

So if you are at all like me, you try really, really hard to be a good housekeeper, but there is always areas that you struggle with. For me, it is laundry.
I used to have a ton of clothes (and so did my kids) before I stopped working about 8 months ago. That way, I didn't have to do laundry quite as often.
Since I no longer have a steady income for fun stuff, I don't buy as many clothes as before. While this makes me sad, because I LOVE CLOTHES, it has actually made my life easier. I used to have 6 large laundry baskets that I needed all the time for laundry. Now, I use 3-two large hamper types, and one small one for transporting clean laundry from the utility room to my bedroom to fold. (Don't even get me started about my dream laundry room. My husband makes fun of me because of this!)
Here a few tips for keeping up on laundry that work for me-

*Less clothing=less laundry. I weeded out all the clothes that I wanted my kids to wear, but that they wouldn't. (Like the super cute vintage-inspired Wonder Woman t-shirt of my daughter's that she wouldn't touch.)This keeps them from dragging everything out of their drawers in the morning and throwing it on the floor.

*My #1 rule-If I wash it that day, I put it away. (Yes, it rhymes on purpose.) Anything I wash and dry during the day, I make sure I complete the cycle by folding and puting it away. I don't put pressure on myself to finish all the laundry in one day, but I just do a good job with the amount I do get done.

*It doesn't have to be perfect in the drawers. No one can see it.- This is completely out of charchter for me because I worked in retail for a very long time, and was used to making things look perfect. My super-mom friend shared this tip with me. I would never have expected her drawers weren't perfect, but she said she doesn't care what they clothes look like inside the drawers, as long as the clothes are put away. So....here is my secret-I DON'T MATCH SOCKS! I refuse. I am taking a stand. No WAY! I have 3 shoeboxes inside my kid's drawers-one for socks, one for underwear, and one for other (like tights, gloves, etc.) I also don't fold PJ's. Everything else, I fold, but I don't care if it's not perfect.


So there it is, my secret to keeping up on laundry. I manage to keep up using a 20-year old dryer that takes 2 hours to dry, so I am pretty proud of myself. Hopefully this helps you!